[Runner-Up Category]

Solitude in Seoul — Ahn Sung-Woo

A 90’s Kid — Ha Jae-Gun

A Summer Day — Shin Jung-Ok

‘Ha… Jae… Gun…?!’

Aside from his own name, Oh Myung-Hoon was stupefied to see a familiar name on the runner-up list. The name Ha Jae-Gun wasn’t common, at least among the people in his life. Moreover, the title A 90’s Kid was familiar to him as well.

If his memory was serving him right, then A 90’s Kid had to be the long-form novel that Ha Jae-Gun had been working on since his university days. He could still remember that Ha Jae-Gun didn’t manage to complete it, even after they graduated.

Therefore, he found it a bit unbelievable. How did that novel make it on the Digital Literature Award list when it should have been buried long ago? Even more astonishing was that it was on the list of runner-ups, along with his own work.

‘That crafty fellow…!’

Oh Myung-Hoon quivered in anger as he recalled Ha Jae-Gun’s face at the authors’ meet. Ha Jae-Gun looked totally different from before. Oh Myung-Hoon had tried shaking him up multiple times during the meet, but Ha Jae-Gun didn’t fall into his...